Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Priestgill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitehaven

Historical Forms

Prestegile c.1180 StB

Prestgill p.1500 ib

Pries Gill 1698 Terrier

Priestgill 1743 LowtherW

Etymology

'gilof the priests.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Whitehaven